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According to the latest UN data, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that nearly one billion people worldwide suffer from some form of mental disorder. The data released on Friday said the staggering figure was even more worrying because it included around one in seven teenagers. “To make matters worse, in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of common conditions such as depression and anxiety went up by more than 25 per cent,’’ it said. It said in its largest review of mental health since the turn…

Rev Fr. Ejike Camillus Mbaka, Spiritual Director of Catholic Adoration Ministry Chaplaincy, Enugu, yesterday, blessed and tendered an apology to the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi and his supporters over his utterances against his person. In a statement signed by him and made available, Mbaka said, “I am a servant of God and my intention is not to malign Peter Obi’s image, but to pray for him.” “May God’s will be done in his life. I pray to God whom I serve to give our…

The use of hijab by female Muslim students in Lagos State Government-owned schools has been approved by the Supreme Court of Nigeria. The apex court delivered the ruling upholding the use of hijab by Muslim students on Friday in Abuja. In a split decision of five to two a seven-member panel of the Supreme Court affirmed the July 21, 2016 judgment of the Court of Appeal, Lagos, which set aside the October 17, 2014 judgment by Justice Grace Onyeabo of the High Court of Lagos State, which upheld the hijab…

The verbal attack on Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party for 2023 elections by Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, the director of Catholic Adoration Ministry Enugu, has been condemned by the Catholic church in Enugu. Mbaka has been trending in the social media over his comments that Peter Obi is stingy that he would not win the election. He said many abusive things about Peter which drew public anger on him in the social media. Mbaka also claimed that he with others he mentioned, helped to restore Obi to…

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Thursday warned the Federal Government that its inability to secure life and property in the country would soon leave citizens with no choice but to arm themselves in self-defence. Akeredolu, who gave the warning while delivering the keynote address at the meeting of the Attorney-Generals of the 36 States of Nigeria held in Lagos, said the police were overwhelmed. The governor asked the police to “close shop” if the Federal Government could not meet their equipment needs. Akeredolu insisted that the police had failed…